Santa Passera

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Santa Passera is a church of Rome, lying opposite the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls.

The current church, erected in the ninth century, incorporated a Roman tomb. The church served a small community of miners who worked in the tufa quarries of the nearby hills.

The interior retains some remnants of medieval frescoes.

[edit] Name

There is no Saint Passera. Its name is a linguistic corruption of "Abbas Cyrus" ("Father Cyrus"), by way of Abbaciro, Appaciro, Appacero, Pacero, Pacera, and finally Passera.[1] This name is in reference to the Egyptian saints Cyrus and John, whose relics were brought to Rome in the fifth century.